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New Book by Don Palmer and Valerie Feldman (and you can download it for free!)

  • 1.  New Book by Don Palmer and Valerie Feldman (and you can download it for free!)

    Posted 09-09-2018 19:53

    Dear Colleagues,

    Royston Greenwood and I are very pleased to announce the third volume of our new Elements Series is available. Comprehending the Incomprehensible by Don Palmer and Valerie Feldman describes child sexual abuse and the formal organizations in which it can occur, reviews extant perspectives on child abuse, and explains how an organization theory approach can advance understanding of this phenomenon. It then elaborates the main paths through which organizational structures can influence child sexual abuse in organizations and analyzes how these structures operate through these paths to impact the perpetration, detection, and response to abuse. The analysis is illustrated throughout with reports of child sexual abuse published in a variety of sources. The Element concludes with a brief discussion of the policy implications of this analysis. 

    Comprehending the Incomprehensible is the third element of the Cambridge Elements in Organization Theory series. Elements are small digital books that are available online or by print on demand. The purpose of the Cambridge Elements on Organization Theory is to systematize and contribute to our understanding of organizations and organization theory. We envisage two types of Elements. One will present and discuss core and emerging theoretical perspectives and approaches. A second will apply those perspectives to issues and outcomes, including those of long standing concern (such as achieving organizational change, managing innovation, the comparison of different types of organizations, etc.); and, more recent concerns (such as social, ethnic and gender inequality, corruption and wrongdoing, corporate social responsibility). The idea of this latter set of contributions is to show how organization theory speaks to these issues and thus highlights its application and relevance.

    You can find more information on the series here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/elements/organization-theory-elements. More importantly, you can find more information on Don and Valerie's book here including a link to download it for free for a limited time: https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/elements-in-organization-theory/9ABDF8B93C7F67B7B2D9F8D5EC32720C.

    Happy reading and please feel free to get in touch if you would like to know more about the series or have suggestions for additional elements.

     

    Nelson



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    Nelson Phillips
    Imperial College London
    London
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